Giant Magellan Telescope Primary Mirror Support System Prototype Integration with Mirror (IMAGE)

GMTO Corporation

Giant Magellan Telescope Primary Mirror Support System Prototype Integration with Mirror

Caption

Completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirror being transported and integrated with a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.

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Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation

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